Event round-up: Home Office Briefing on Optimus Programme’s Central Contracts
Home Office DDaT is evolving to meet the changing digital, data and technology needs of the Home Office. Optimus, a multi-year change programme, is driving this evolution and delivering the capabilities to shape, build and run the services needed to support Home Office transformation. Optimus will improve DDaT’s ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the Home Office to deliver our technology objectives, improve our staff experience, strengthen our in-house capability, and to better protect the public and deliver better value for money for the taxpayer.
In 2020 and 2021 Optimus procured 10 DDaT profession-based service contracts and are now starting the re-procurement exercises, placing longer-term contracts and building on the lessons learned. This engagement session will update you on the indicative timetable for all of the re-procurements; provide an opportunity to hear from the professional leads for User Centred Design and Technical Architecture about their requirements; and have an opportunity to be introduced to other suppliers interested in meeting sub-contract partners.
The session was aimed at suppliers on the RM6263 or RM1043.7 frameworks, however, suppliers who are not on the framework but have an interest in partnering with a framework supplier on this procurement were encouraged to join the session.
The session kicked off with a welcome from Heather Cover-Kus, Head of the Central Government Programme here at techUK, followed by a recap of the Optimus Programme from Maureen Gore, Head of DDaT Centralised Sourcing & Contracts. Maureen then took attendees through the Central Contracts Pipeline, their Social Value requirements, and partnering opportunities for suppliers. Attendees then heard from Chris Taylor, Head of User-Centred Design on the Central User Centrd design procurement and Rino Sasidharan Indira, Head of Technical Architecture on the Central Architecture procurement. There was a Q&A session at the end of the event.
Charles Bauman
Charles Bauman is a Junior Programme Manager in the Central Government Programme at techUK.
Ellie Huckle
Ellie joined techUK in March 2018 as a Programme Assistant to the Public Sector team and now works as a Programme Manager for the Central Government Programme.
Heather Cover-Kus
Heather is Head of Central Government Programme at techUK, working to represent the supplier community of tech products and services to Central Government.
Tracy Modha
Tracy supports the marketing of several areas at techUK, including Cyber Exchange, Central Government, Cyber Resilience, Defence, Education, Health and Social Care, Justice and Emergency Services, Local Public Services, Nations and Regions and National Security.
Yaroslava Bespyanska
Yaroslava, a Junior Programme Manager at techUK's Central Government Programme, blends a decade of international and local Marketing and Business Development expertise with insights from Public Policy gained within a London economic consultancy.